In your earliest idea of just kind of the concept of like, ooh, that would be nice to,

I'd love to write things.

I love to share myself in writing.

To actually being a successful writer with published work.

What was an insight that you had that you kind of opened a door for you that turned the key that made

you realize that you could actually do that and you could pursue that path which led to you being

successful and there's no rules you know it's like

whatever and I'm sure there's a lot of them but anything that kind of hits you that

helped you move through and get to where you're trying to go?

Wow, that's a great, great question.

I think for me it was more of a realization.

I think for me, a lot of the realization I think for me a lot of the things that always stick with me are just

moments of clarity and just moments of realization and I think the moment of realization that really stuck with me was that if I didn't appreciate the work that I was putting out there,

then I couldn't really expect anyone else to appreciate any kind of energy I put out there.

And I think that came with just being more accepting of my own work versus being self-critical.

Because I think a lot of the things,

or a lot of the ways that people think now

is the value of their work is based off of likes, retweets, you know, shares, you know, whether their work is a bestseller or whatnot. But I had to become really comfortable with just being okay with whatever I put out there,

being happy with what I put out there, and not expecting anything back, just finding a love for what I'm doing

and just focusing on that love.

I think my journey before, especially when I was younger, was just very ego-fueled.

I think a lot of my pursuits were just around in terms of trying to seek validation or seek some kind of acceptance.

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